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Definition mount

Etymology 1

From Middle English mount, munt, from Old English munt, from Latin mons (“a hill, mountain”), from a root seen also in ?mine? (“I project, I protrude”) (English eminent).

Noun

mount (plural mounts)

1. A hill or mountain.
2. (palmistry) Any of seven fleshy prominences in the palm of the hand, taken to represent the influences of various heavenly bodies.
3. (obsolete) A bulwark for offence or defence; a mound.
4. (obsolete) A bank; a fund.
5. (heraldry) A green hillock in the base of a shield.

Etymology 2

From Middle English mounten, from Anglo-Norman mounter, from Old French monter, from Medieval Latin montare (“to mount; literally, go up hill”), from Latin mons (“a hill, mountain”); compare French monter.

Noun

mount (plural mounts)

1. An animal, usually a horse, used to ride on, unlike a draught horse
2. A mounting; an object on which another object is mounted.
3. (obsolete) A rider in a cavalry unit or division.
4. A step or block to assist in mounting a horse.
5. A signal for mounting a horse.

Verb

mount (third-person singular simple present mounts, present participle mounting, simple past and past participle mounted)

1. (transitive) To get upon; to ascend; to climb.
2. (transitive) To place oneself on (a horse, a bicycle, etc.); to bestride.
3. (transitive) To cause to mount; to put on horseback; to furnish with animals for riding.
4. (obsolete, transitive) To cause (something) to rise or ascend; to drive up; to raise; to elevate; to lift up.
5. (obsolete, intransitive) To rise on high; to go up; to be upraised or uplifted; to tower aloft; to ascend; often with up.
6. (transitive) To attach (an object) to a support, backing, framework etc.
7. (transitive, computing) To attach (a drive or device) to the file system in order to make it available to the operating system.
8. (intransitive, sometimes with up) To increase in quantity or intensity.
9. (obsolete) To attain in value; to amount (to).
10. (transitive) To get on top of (an animal) to mate.
11. (transitive, slang) To have sexual intercourse with someone.
12. (transitive) To begin (a campaign, military assault, etc.); to launch.
13. (transitive, archaic) To deploy (cannon) for use.
14. (transitive) To prepare and arrange the scenery, furniture, etc. for use in (a play or production).
15. (cooking) To incorporate fat, especially butter, into (a dish, especially a sauce to finish it).

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